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William Henry Bastin Symons (1853)

William Henry Bastin Symons
Born in Rockbeare, Devon, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

William was born on 24 August 1853. He was the son of Sarah Symons and an unrecorded father.[1][2]

In 1861 he was living in Bath Road, on the edge of the nearby parish of Broadclyst, with his grandmother Elizabeth Colsworthy (nee Ching, formerly Stone and Symons) and her husband William Colsworthy. [3][4]

On 15 October 1868, aged 15, William volunteered for the Navy. His record describes him as 5 ft and half an inch in height, with dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and a fresh complexion. He was assigned to HMS Impregnable as a 'Boy, Second Class'. [5] HMS Impregnable was a training establishment started at Devonport in 1862.[6]


Sources

  1. ↑ GRO Index: SYMONS, WILLIAM HENRY BASTIN - GRO Reference: 1853 S Quarter in ST THOMAS Volume 05B Page 43
  2. ↑ Birth certificate in possession of Sally Douglas
  3. ↑ 1861 Census for England and Wales, household of William Colsworthy, Bath Road, Broadclist, Devon; Registration district St Thomas, Enumeration district 2, Archive reference RG09, Piece number 1385, Folio 15, Page 8.
  4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M759-796 : 29 December 2020), William Symons in household of William Colsworthy, Broad Clist Manor, Devon, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  5. ↑ Royal Navy Ratings’ Service Records. The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Series ADM 139. Record for William Symons, DOB 24 August 1853, Service Number 7334B, Reference: ADM 139/874/7334.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "HMS Impregnable," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Impregnable&oldid=884093476 (accessed January 4, 2021).




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